Walt Cudzik

No. 54, 56, 53

Position:

Center
Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth:

February 21, 1932

Place of birth:

Chicago, Illinois

Date of death:

December 11, 2005 (aged 73)

Career information

College:

Purdue

NFL draft:

1954 / Round: 18 / Pick: 212

Career history

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	71
Player stats at NFL.com

Walter Jacob Cudzik (February 21, 1932 – December 11, 2005) was an American football center in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He also played in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots and the Buffalo Bills.

College

Cudzik played college football at Purdue University.

NFL

Cudzik was drafted in the eighteenth round of the 1954 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, where he played up to 1959.

AFL

Cudzik was taken by the Boston Patriots in their inaugural season of 1960, where he played up to 1963. In his final year (1964), Cudzik became a member of the Buffalo Bills as their starting center,^[1] replacing Al Bemiller, who was moved to right offensive guard to accommodate him. That year, the Bills scored 400 points (28.6 points/game), 1st among 8 teams in the AFL, and won the AFL championship under head coach Lou Saban. In 1965, Cudzick was replaced by Dave Behrman.^[2]

References

Washington Redskins 1954 NFL Draft selections

Steve Meilinger Jim Schrader Ralph Felton Billy Wells Bill McHenry Harry Jagielski Bill Marker Jerry Minnick Merrill Green Gene Wilson Ben Dunkerley Roger Dornburg Roger Nelson Hugh Merck Gilmer Spring Jerry Coody Walt Cudzik Jerry Witt Sam Morley John Cavaglieri Max Schmaling Pete Carrieri Will Renfro George Rosso Dorsey Gibson Ken Yarborough Ron Hansen Ted Kress Don Rondou

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Buffalo Bills 1964 AFL Champions

3 Pete Gogolak 12 Daryle Lamonica 15 Jack Kemp 20 Bobby Smith 22 Charley Warner 23 Gene Sykes 24 Booker Edgerson 25 Ollie Dobbins 26 George Saimes 30 Wray Carlton 34 Cookie Gilchrist 40 Ed Rutkowski 42 Butch Byrd 43 Joe Auer 44 Elbert Dubenion 45 Hagood Clarke 46 Ray Abruzzese 47 Willie Ross 50 Al Bemiller 51 John Tracey 53 Walt Cudzik 55 Paul Maguire 58 Mike Stratton 60 Dave Behrman 64 Harry Jacobs 66 Billy Shaw 67 Joe O'Donnell 70 Tom Sestak 72 Ron McDole 73 George Flint 74 Tom Keating 75 Dudley Meredith 77 Stew Barber 78 Jim Dunaway 79 Dick Hudson 81 Bill Groman 83 Hatch Rosdahl 84 Ernie Warlick 85 Glenn Bass 88 Tom Day

Head Coach: Lou Saban

Assistant Coaches: Joe Collier John Mazur Jerry Smith

Boston Patriots 1960 Inaugural Season Roster

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